Wallis franken biography sample
She was the original “hippie vegetarian model,” who took her babies on shoots..
In his contract with Lanvin ended; the following year Montana and his muse, the American expat model Wallis Franken, entered into a mariage.
DEATH OF A MUSE
DEATH OF A MUSE
PARIS — Wallis Montana, the American-born model who married Claude Montana in July 1993, was found dead outside the couple’s Paris apartment late last Wednesday night.
A spokesman for Montana confirmed that a police investigation has ruled the death a suicide, but said the house is refusing comment out of respect for the family.
The Prefecture de Police confirmed that an autopsy is in progress, but the results were not known at press time.
Wallis was frequently photographed by Karl Lagerfeld and counted Loulou Klossowski as one of her closest friends.
The 47-year-old Wallis Franken was born in New York, but spent most of her adult life in Paris. She achieved considerable success as a runway model and worked with a number of important photographers before embarking on a less successful singing career.
She later went to work for Montana. Her personal relationship with the designer started more than 20 years ago, and while some saw her